Financial Trouble Becomes The Least Of His Concerns

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that former American Airlines mechanic Paul Belloisi of Smithtown, New York, was sentenced to 9 years in prison for his actions in connection with a conspiracy to import cocaine. The announcement was made by Breon Peace, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Darren B. McCormack, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in New York, and Francis J. Russo, Director of Field Operations with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). U.S. District Judge Dora L. Irizarry issued the sentence in the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York.

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NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines of Houston a $116.9 million contract to deliver six payloads to the Moon’s South Pole. The cargo includes science experiments and technology demonstrations, and is slated to arrive on Earth’s satellite in 2027. REGENT Craft has announced the Coast Guard has approved its Navigation Safety Risk Assessment. The approval means the Rhode Island-based company is now authorized to begin testing its full-scale prototype in Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound. Seagliders are all-electric hydrofoiling wing-in-ground (WIG) craft that operate

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NASA has awarded Intuitive Machines of Houston a $116.9 million contract to deliver six payloads to the Moon’s South Pole. The cargo includes science experiments and technology demonstrations, and is slated to arrive on Earth’s satellite in 2027. REGENT Craft has announced the Coast Guard has approved its Navigation Safety Risk Assessment. The approval means the Rhode Island-based company is now authorized to begin testing its full-scale prototype in Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound. Seagliders are all-electric hydrofoiling wing-in-ground (WIG) craft that

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Here we go again... The City of DeLand, Florida, will vote on whether to give final approval to a plan to begin charging landing fees at the DeLand Municipal Airport (KDED). If the plan is approved, the landing fees will go into effect October 1, 2024 and will apply only to itinerant aircraft. The rate will be $3.00 per thousand pounds of max landing weight. The fees will apply for touch and goes as well as full stop operations. The ANN crew is on our way to one of our favorite sport-aviation events, The 16th ANNUAL MidWest Aviation Expo, is on target for

The Pilot Did Not Have Any Pilot Certificates Or Ratings

On September 2, 2024, about 1215 central standard time, an Apex Cross-5X weight shift trike, N223CL, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Columbus, Nebraska. The pilot sustained fatal injuries. The trike was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations part 91 personal flight. Witnesses saw the trike takeoff from a rural field near the pilot’s residence. Another pilot was flying another trike nearby and was providing guidance via radio to the accident pilot. He witnessed the accident trike become inverted and impact the garage of a residence.

Aero Linx: Simsbury Fly-in and Car Show Simsbury Airport is situated in the picturesque Connecticut foothills in north central Connecticut. It is operated by the Simsbury Airport Association which is a non-profit 501(c)(3) dedicated to the preservation of this hometown airport for future generations. Available amenities include a flight school, 24/7 self-serve 100LL fuel, pilot lounge with Wi-Fi, runway lighting and a maintenance operation capable of major/minor repairs.

LORAN An electronic navigational system by which hyperbolic lines of position are determined by measuring the difference in the time of reception of synchronized pulse signals from two fixed transmitters. Loran A operates in the 1750-1950 kHz frequency band. Loran C and D operate in the 100-110 kHz frequency band. In 2010, the U.S. Coast Guard terminated all U.S. LORAN-C transmissions.

"It's understandable that such a unique operation would require additional time to analyze from a licensing perspective. Unfortunately, instead of focusing resources on critical safety analysis and collaborating on rational safeguards to protect both the public and the environment, the licensing process has been repeatedly derailed by issues ranging from the frivolous to the patently absurd. At times, these roadblocks have been driven by false and misleading reporting, built on bad-faith hysterics from online detractors or special interest groups who have presented poorly constructed science as fact." Source: SpaceX updated its official press wire with an exasperated rundown of the state of Flight 5, noting that "Starship and Super He